Even though its sponsorship outlook remains somewhat unsettled, the team will continue to get its cars from Roush Fenway Racing and its engines from Roush Yates Engine.

The North Carolina-based team goes into its fourth season with Gilliland, Ford Racing and Roush Yates. Ragan joined the team last year, helping FRM earn one top-five finish, two top-10s, four top-15s and eight top-20s, and an average 27th-place finish over the full season. Ragan was 28th in the final standings and Gilliland was 30th. Wise, who ran a limited schedule last year as a rookie, was 39th. He drove in what was largely a start-and-park effort, but Front Row plans to increase his laps this year with a more competitive entry.

Team owner Bob Jenkins is convinced the stability of key ingredients will help the team improve. “You often see young teams going through a lot of changes trying to make it in Sprint Cup,” he said. “We've been fortunate [to] have a lot of stable partners, people who believe in our approach and are seeing year-to-year improvements because of that approach. David Gilliland has been a rock for us for three years, and David Ragan brought race-winning experience [the 2011 Coke 400 at Daytona Beach for Roush Fenway] to us last year. That stability is huge for a young, developing team. I know we'll continue to improve and have even better results this season.”

Jay Guy will return as crew chief for Ragan's No. 34 Ford and Derrick Finley will continue to lead Gilliland's No. 38 team. “There's always a learning curve whenever something new is thrown into the mix, whether it's a new driver, new crew chief, new car or new team members,” Ragan said. “We have a new Fusion for 2013, which I'm really excited about. It'll be really important and helpful that all the other variables aren't changing.”

“I'm excited to start my fourth year with Front Row,” Gilliland said. “We've gotten better each season and I'm eager to get the season going with Derrick and the whole team. Bob Jenkins has put a lot into this team since he started with a part-time team back in '05. He's growing it the way he should, and the results are showing.”

The three-car team didn't run the recent test at Charlotte Motor Speedway, but will be in Daytona Beach for the Jan. 10-12 test. After carrying more than two dozen different sponsors last year -- including Jenkins' own restaurant chains -- the organization is working to finalize its sponsorship agreements for 2013.